tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960378910828021794.post9002973605815159748..comments2020-06-06T05:46:31.348-04:00Comments on Hidden New Jersey: Seabrook Farms: history and diversity through vegetablesSuehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02836481864368869692noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960378910828021794.post-14000923603020680842017-04-01T13:39:12.463-04:002017-04-01T13:39:12.463-04:00I was raised in Millville NJ (in Cumberland Co) in...I was raised in Millville NJ (in Cumberland Co) in 1938. Although I knew of Seabrook Farms, I knew little about it, the history, and the variety of cultures, nationaliies, and languages. I guess the older I get, the more I am interested in the people and history of South Jersey. I am especially interested in the Japanese people and quite unknowledgable about their internship during WW II. Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960378910828021794.post-24358190615340606112017-02-20T14:10:13.822-05:002017-02-20T14:10:13.822-05:00Thanks for this history. As children in 1940s Sout...Thanks for this history. As children in 1940s South Jersey, our family routinely drove out to fill our car with Seabrook Farms frozen vegetables. My father insisted we eat vegetables but he couldn&#39;t get us kids to eat the commercially canned vegetables. Thank goodness for Seabrook Farms fresh frozen produce. We assumed they were an innovation, and look at what they started. And welcoming immigrants and wrongly incarcerated US citizens also, although housing was dreadful. Wages?<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960378910828021794.post-38373060853194653192016-04-08T12:10:09.425-04:002016-04-08T12:10:09.425-04:00Many of us went to BHS with the children of the im...Many of us went to BHS with the children of the immigrants at Seabrook Farms. They could speak German, etc. play soccer, chess, etc. I used to bike from Bridgeton to Seabrook to visit immigrants that kept homing pigeons. The homes were not very nice but adequate and the people friendly. Seabrook Farms was a big business at the time (all of the 50s)and basically a town venue.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960378910828021794.post-25277319501141158342014-09-17T11:24:28.413-04:002014-09-17T11:24:28.413-04:00My mother was born and raised in N.J. and lived th...My mother was born and raised in N.J. and lived there until she was in her early 40s. I have a photo of 20 very well dressed men and women and on the front it say &quot;Monmouth Day - SeaBrook Farms - June 6, 1937. My parents are in this picture and I&#39;m wondering what the significance of it might be.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960378910828021794.post-21424702533105843182014-07-28T06:48:06.176-04:002014-07-28T06:48:06.176-04:00Thanks so much for sharing your family&#39;s story...Thanks so much for sharing your family&#39;s story! The travels of Europeans during and after the war are so fascinating, and so little known by most Americans. We were stunned to learn that the first stop on so many immigrant stories was a rural community in South Jersey. Good luck with your further research into your family history!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02836481864368869692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960378910828021794.post-69990693003318348542014-07-28T01:46:44.288-04:002014-07-28T01:46:44.288-04:00I am amazed at this addition to research I have be...I am amazed at this addition to research I have been doing for the family history of my mother. She is an Estonian whose ship registry shows that she named Seabrook Farm as her location when she was coming over with her son, my half-brother. I further researched her parents, my grandparents, and they did the same, just at a different time. We had always heard different stories and were told how difficult it was to escape the conflicts and war, so it comes as a surprise, because they eventually bought property in New York and Connecticut. I/we had no idea they first came to New Jersey. It was a pleasure to read these details, and imagine how much she went through to escape where she was from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960378910828021794.post-50724237977123484832013-04-01T10:00:54.002-04:002013-04-01T10:00:54.002-04:00I hadn&#39;t heard about the book -- thanks for le...I hadn&#39;t heard about the book -- thanks for letting me know! If you can find your way down to Seabrook, it&#39;s definitely worth spending a little time with the folks at the museum.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02836481864368869692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-960378910828021794.post-74033404798240629672013-04-01T09:39:59.247-04:002013-04-01T09:39:59.247-04:00Thanks for finding this. I recently read a wonder...Thanks for finding this. I recently read a wonderful book called Silver Like Dust, about one family&#39;s story of Japanese Internment, and in fact, the family eventually came to work for Seabrook Farms as a way to escape the Internment Camps. I hadn&#39;t known about Seabrook&#39;s role and it is great to know that there are carefully maintained archives.Darylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766042885777509063noreply@blogger.com